Adult Beginners' BandEver want to play trumpet, clarinet, drums, saxophone, or whatever in a band? Here's your opportunity. A band for adult beginners is starting in Turtle Creek. There's no cost for music lessons, but you do need your own instrument and the recommended lesson book. For information, call Paulette: 412 298-148604/10/2012Time: 1pm

Location: Turtle Creek Municipal Building

Rebellion, Revolution, Redemption. A Symphonic JourneyThis Audience of the Future & EQT Side-By-Side Concert includes compositions by Beethoven, Wagner, Mozart, Debussy, and many more. The Audience of the Future program gives high school students a chance to plan, promote, and produce a PSO concert, and Side-By-Side lets high school musicians work and play beside professional musicians.04/10/2012Time: 7:00 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map

Around the World in 80 DaysIt's 1872, and Phileas Fogg has accepted a bet to travel around the globe in record time in Jules Verne's classic novel brought to theatrical life by Mark Brown. With his eccentric French manservant, the unflappable Fogg encounters a monsoon at sea, boards a runaway train, and rescues an Indian princess, among other daring adventures. Five actors play dozens of outrageous characters in this mini-epic frothing with madcap excitement. Marcia Milgrom Dodge directs.04/12/2012 - 05/13/2012O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map

Do You Hear The People Sing?Conductor Jack Everly returns with a talented ensemble of vocalists to perform hits by Broadway composers Schönberg and Boublil, creators of Les Miserables, the Tony Award-winning musical that featured such songs as “Bring Him Home,” “I Dreamed a Dream” and “One Day More.” Also, from their Tony-nominated Miss Saigon, hear “The American Dream” and “I'd Give My Life for You,” along with music from their other Broadway shows.04/12/2012 - 04/15/201204/12 - 7:30 pm04/13 - 8:00 pm04/14 - 8:00 pm04/15 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 601 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map

Managing Marcellus: A Deliberative Theater EventThe League of Women Voters of Westmoreland County presents an original play by Shannon Deep and produced by the Unseam’d Shakespeare Co., along with a discussion about Marcellus Shale. Citizens of Westmoreland County can get beyond the slogans to join a constructive discussion about the challenges and promise of shale gas. Registration requested.04/12/2012Time: 5:30 PM

Treasured Stories by Eric CarleAges 3-8. Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia's much-anticipated new production unites old favorites and new friends through evocative music, stunning visual effects and innovative puppetry. Three of Eric Carle's books are featured, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Brown Bear, and Papa Get the Moon. Carle's gentle verses, snappy rhymes and textured collage illustrations are translated onto the stage with dazzling effects sure to delight young theater-goers and their grown ups.04/13/2012 - 04/15/2012

Dark of the MoonDark of the Moon is a powerful, mystical folk drama. A tale of tragic love, a la Romeo and Juliet, is at the heart of a story which depicts a clash of incongruent worlds - the mountains where witches and other supernatural beings reside and the valley where the humans live. When John, a “witch boy,” falls in love with the beautiful, lusty mortal, Barbara Allen, he makes a pact with a conjurer to gain human status. His wish is granted on the condition that Barbara remains faithful to him for one year as characters from both “worlds” conspire to thwart their happiness. Jack Allison directs04/13/2012 - 04/22/2012Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map